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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1854

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1854 (October 1, 1854 to September 30, 1855), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 48 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (48 with at least one citation, 0 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. February 20, 1855· cited 763×
    Shields v. Barrow
  2. January 30, 1855· cited 262×
    Burchell v. Marsh
  3. March 18, 1855· cited 250×
    Booth v. Clark
  4. March 10, 1855· cited 133×
    The Schooner Catharine v. Dickinson
  5. January 18, 1855· cited 91×
    Fontain v. Ravenel
  6. February 15, 1855· cited 84×
    McBlair v. Gibbes
  7. January 23, 1855· cited 81×
    Bogart v. the Steamboat John Jay
  8. March 10, 1855· cited 68×
    Fremont v. United States
  9. March 10, 1855· cited 68×
    Minturn v. Maynard
  10. February 12, 1855· cited 68×
    Hendrickson v. Hinckley
  11. January 23, 1855· cited 68×
    Shields v. Thomas
  12. February 13, 1855· cited 66×
    CARPENTER v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  13. December 18, 1854· cited 62×
    New York & Maryland Line R. Co. v. Winans
  14. March 18, 1855· cited 56×
    Ayres v. Carver
  15. March 10, 1855· cited 52×
    United States v. Ritchie
  16. December 21, 1854· cited 48×
    Battin v. Taggert
  17. March 18, 1855· cited 46×
    State of Florida v. State of Georgia
  18. February 14, 1855· cited 45×
    Bruce v. United States
  19. March 18, 1855· cited 37×
    Judson v. Corcoran
  20. March 18, 1855· cited 37×
    Henshaw v. Miller
  21. March 18, 1855· cited 36×
    United States Ex Rel. Tucker v. Seaman
  22. February 18, 1855· cited 35×
    West v. Cochran
  23. February 15, 1855· cited 26×
    Adams v. Law Ex Rel. Robinson
  24. February 15, 1855· cited 26×
    Williams v. Gibbes
  25. January 18, 1855· cited 23×
    Raymond v. Tyson
  26. January 16, 1855· cited 22×
    City of Providence v. Clapp
  27. February 18, 1855· cited 18×
    Haydel v. Dufresne
  28. March 18, 1855· cited 16×
    Peck v. Sanderson
  29. March 18, 1855· cited 12×
    Iasigi v. Brown
  30. February 18, 1855· cited 12×
    STAFFORD ET UX. v. Union Bank of Louisiana
  31. March 18, 1855· cited 11×
    Hinkle v. Wanzer
  32. January 23, 1855· cited 9×
    Widow & Heirs of De La Lande v. Treasurer of the State
  33. March 18, 1855· cited 8×
    Griffin v. Reynolds
  34. March 18, 1855· cited 7×
    Wanzer v. Bennett R.
  35. March 18, 1855· cited 7×
    Boone v. Missouri Iron Co.
  36. December 19, 1854· cited 7×
    Barribeau v. Brant
  37. February 15, 1855· cited 4×
    Rhodes v. Farmer
  38. December 14, 1854· cited 4×
    Ring v. Maxwell
  39. February 20, 1855· cited 3×
    Wickliffe v. Eve
  40. January 18, 1855· cited 3×
    United States v. Coxe
  41. March 10, 1855· cited 2×
    Christy v. Alford
  42. February 18, 1855· cited 2×
    STAFFORD ET UX. v. New Orleans Canal and Banking Company
  43. February 15, 1855· cited 2×
    Gooding v. Oliver
  44. February 15, 1855· cited 1×
    Steamboat Niagara v. Van Pelt
  45. February 15, 1855· cited 1×
    Coy v. Mason
  46. December 20, 1854· cited 1×
    The Troy Iron And, Nail Factory v. George Odiorne

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